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Connect Communication
16th June 2021
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This evening we are meeting with the families of our five year olds starting school in term 3. As my eldest is in his last year of school this causes me to reflect on the relationships we develop with other parents through school. I am still close to the parents of children Jacob was close to when he was five. You are forging life long friendships through your connections at Ararira and this has been fostered through opportunities provided by our amazing Te Hapori Tautoko team.
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Te Hapori Tautoko are meeting on Thursday night at 7pm for the AGM and regular meeting. This is an amazing group of parents who create wonderful opportunities for whanau to connect with each other. It is time for the office bearers, Shelley, Sarah and Fran to pass the baton to others. On behalf of the whanau and staff I would like to thank these women for the contribution they have made to the Ararira community.
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The weather is a little bleak at this time of year and it was great to see so many gumboots being worn today. Do feel free to send your child in gumboots and with slippers for the colder weeks.
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You can't but notice the construction taking place opposite the school. Should you notice anything unsafe please let one of the team know and we can approach contractors on behalf of the school. Parking on the street is at a premium so please consider walking from a little further away on sunnier days.
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We have had incidents recently of children getting access to material on the website that is scary or inappropriate. It is timely to remind you of safe practices at home. Children should always be using their devices in public places in the home. Periodically check browser history, have access to all devices and chat with your child about what they are viewing online. If they are not keen to show you what they are watching, then it is probably not okay. If children breach our internet agreement then they will lose the privilege of using a device at school. Watching a recent webinar about more explicit online content a quote particularly resonated, 'we need to build (within our children) an internal filter for life in an unfiltered world.'
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A quick reminder about picking your children up early on a few days in June. On June 23rd and 24th we are hosting our Learning Conversations and on June 30th many of the team are heading to Rolleston for a paid union meeting. If you require us to provide care for your child(ren), please let ako teachers know. You can make a booking for learning conversations via schoolinterviews.co.nz code tnyau.
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Thanks so much to all of you, that when you have had a concern, have first emailed the classroom teacher. This is always your first port of call and the most direct route to a resolution. Often the discussion is best face to face, please don't feel you have to wait for formal meeting times, these can be scheduled any time. If you feel that your concern has not been addressed the next avenue is the team leader or myself (if the teacher is the team leader). Please be mindful that our teachers are parents and family members and might not be in a position to respond to your email immediately. You should receive a response within 48 hours, if not, email again and copy in the team leader.
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Keep warm and we look forward to seeing you next week.
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Claire and the Ararira Team
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Facebook Page for Ararira Whānau Māori
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We have created a Facebook page specifically for our Māori families. This is a space to post successes at home and school, share ideas and resources, and make connections. The page is called Te Puna o Ararira Whānau Māori. Nau mai, haere mai!
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If you have pātai about the page, please contact chloe.cull@ararira.school.nz
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Dates to put in the diary:
There are dates to diary for the next two weeks below but please be aware that we also put events on a community calendar, this is linked to our website.
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Wednesday 16th June - New Entrant parent information evening 6:45 - 8pm
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Thursday 17th June - Hikuwai Winter Sport Rotation - Foster Park
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Wednesday 23rd June - Learning Conversations start at 2pm. Early finish at 1:45 pm and KellyClub opens early
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Men's night at The Lab - 7pm
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Thursday 24th June - Hikuwai Winter Sport Rotation - Foster Park
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Learning Conversations start at 2pm. Early finish at 1:45 pm and Kelly Club opens early
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Tuesday 29th June - Anxiety - Parent evening - 7pm
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Wed 30th June - NZEI Union Meeting (early pick up at 1:15pm)
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- Childrens' University - Campus Day (CU participants only)
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Thursday 1st July - NZ Playhouse at school - Rumplestilskin
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- Hikuwai Winter Sport Rotation - Foster Park
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Friday 2nd July - Matariki celebration
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Friday 17th Sept - Quiz Night
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REMINDER: most school communication from teachers comes through our HERO app.
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If you haven’t installed the HERO app on your phone or logged in via a browser - please read the attached instructions, use the email address that you gave on your enrolment form to register and contact Trine if you aren’t able to connect to HERO.
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News From the Board of Trustees
The Board met on the 19th May and we finalised the ‘Learning at Home’ policy. Thank you to the staff and parents who contributed to the review of our current policy. Your input is important, appreciated and encouraged. You can access the updated policy from the school website. The policy reflects the opportunities for families to share and celebrate learning from all different contexts.
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The policy to be reviewed by the school community this term is our assessment and learning policy. To be a part of this review process please visit our Schooldocs site at https://ararira.schooldocs.co.nz. Our username is "ararira" and password "russdrive"
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Thank you to THT for organising another successful and colourful school disco. The event was enjoyed by all and it was great to see the young and older members of the school community enjoying themselves.
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The school now has a road safety committee that is working to ensure our children can travel safely to and from school. A particular focus is the kiss and go drop off area. As the school roll grows and there is an increase in traffic, please remember that this area is provided to allow you to briefly stop and drop off or pick up your waiting tamariki. If you need to get out of your car, please use the car park.
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As the school grows, we considered staffing for the remainder of the year and have approved roles for an additional 0.6 teaching position in Kaunuku plus two more learning assistants.
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The board has also begun discussions about the proposed reasoning of land on the southern side of Lincoln (known as PPC 69) and we are working with the Ministry of Education to understand the implications for our school and formulate a submission to the District Council.
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Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 23rd June 6:30pm.
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Absences - Please ensure you report absences by either calling the office on
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4200888 and leaving a message or report it via the HERO app before 9am. Please give a reason for your child's absence eg; sore throat/tummy bug etc so that we can monitor for outbreaks rather than using the default message 'sick'.
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Lunches on Kindo
You can order your child’s lunch online via our Kindo School shop.
Order for just one day or use the calendar icon to order an item for multiple days.
Orders can be placed anytime up till 9am on the lunch day for Subway,
and up until 8.30am on the lunch day for Sushi lunch orders!
Click here to login to or create your myKindo account.
Need assistance? Our Kindo helpdesk is open 8am to 4pm weekdays.
Freephone: 0508 4 KINDO (0508 454 636) Email: hello@mykindo.co.nz
Online support: support.mykindo.co.nz
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Caring for Animals Curiosity Club - Donations for the SPCA
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The Caring for Animals Curiosity Club are collecting donations of old blankets and towels for the SPCA over winter. Please drop off any donations to the box in the school office and we will pass them onto the SPCA. Look for the blue posters up around the school which were made by the Caring for Animals students. Thank you in advance for supporting animals in need!
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Kaunuku 1 and 2 Celebration of Learning - Fairy doors!
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Kaunuku 1 and 2 invited our whānau to school last Thursday for our Celebration of Learning. We have been working very hard all year to design and decorate our own Fairy doors and fairies/elves to go with them. This all came about after we went on a school trip to McHugh’s Forest in Term 1 to see the Fairy doors there. From that experience, we collaborated with our groups to create our own Fairy door designs and sent them to the Lincoln Mens Shed to be made out of wood. This term has been all about painting our doors, adding decorations and creating our peg fairies/elves. We are so proud of what we have produced and would also like to recognise and send a HUGE THANK YOU to the Lincoln Mens Shed for their help! They did such an amazing job of bringing our ideas to life, even the most intricate ones.
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Te Hapori Tautoko
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Te Hapori Tautoko (THT) means Community Support Group in Te Reo Māori. Our main aims are to provide opportunities to tautoko (support) and connect our school community and fundraising for school initiatives and resources to benefit our school.
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TUESDAY MORNING COFFEE GROUP
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Anyone is welcome to come along for a cuppa and a chat. It is a great way to meet new people in our school community and preschoolers are welcome to come along.
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When: Starting from 8.45 am
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Where: Pūtahi (School Library)
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AGM MEETING - Thursday 17 June
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On Thursday the 17th June we will be having our AGM meeting starting at 7pm in Putahi (School Library). The roles of chairperson, treasurer and secretary are available. There will be support in transitioning to these rewarding roles. If this is something that interests you please come along to our meeting.
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Men's Night out at The Lab
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KELLY CLUB CORNER
Next week at Kelly Club we are Cooking Up A Storm! Make sure you come and join us when we make some yummy burgers.
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Kelly Club will be open earlier on 23rd and 24th June for learning conversations, please just book into after school as normal for an extra fun few days!
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Disney Moana Jr. is on at The Court Theatre during the next school holidays with one of our own students in the cast. Quinn will be in the cast for the following shows: You can book tickets here.
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| Date |
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| Friday, July 9, |
1:00 PM |
| Saturday, July 10, |
1:00 PM |
| Tuesday, July 13, |
11:00 AM |
| Tuesday, July 13, |
1:00 PM |
| Thursday, July 15, |
11:00 AM |
| Thursday, July 15, |
1:00 PM |
| Saturday, July 17, |
11:00 AM |
| Monday, July 19, |
11:00 AM |
| Monday, July 19, |
1:00 PM |
| Wednesday, July 21, |
11:00 AM |
| Wednesday, July 21, |
1:00 PM |
| Friday, July 23, |
11:00 AM |
| Friday, July 23, |
1:00 PM |
| Saturday, July 24, |
1:00 PM |
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